[Gdal-dev] T-Shirts

[Matt Wilkie]

Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
>> Do we want to imply that GDAL is endangered? Maybe an invasive species
>> would be more apropos, like zebra mussel or something.
...
>       Generally,invasive species are generally things people don't want.
> And invasives are only invasives outside of their native habitat.

I've not found a long list yet, but I think Pioneer Species is apropos:

"A pioneer species ... colonizes previously uncolonized land, usually 
leading to ecological succession. Since uncolonised land usually has 
thin, poor quality soils with few nutrients, pioneer species are 
typically very hardy ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_species

Sounds a lot like gdal to me!

  Most of the names on that page don't roll off the tongue so well 
though. Although "Flexuosa" has a certain Hogwarts ring to it that could 
be entertaining: "GDAL 1.5, Factotum Flexuosa!" -- a spell which turns 
brackish marine(ated) data into green hollow tubes (data processing 
chains) summoning lackeys ready to work for you.

Resources used for this fun bit of absurdity:

[1] http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Entero_flexuo.htm
[2] http://phrontistery.info/f.html - list of unusual words beginning 
with F (or G or...)



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